Who We Are

Harry was born and raised in North Dakota, where he grew up on a large farming and cattle enterprise. Purebred Hereford cattle were raised by the Moser family in the shortgrass country of western North Dakota, until 1969, when Harry's father had the foresight to use semen from a new "exotic" breed introduced in Canada ~ Simmental. After seeing the benefits of that first cross, the family upgraded a portion of their herd to a purebred Simmental level while keeping a commercial herd as well. Performance was excellent, and the Moser feeder cattle and bulls were sold at a premium by private treaty, and in 1980, the Mosers held their first production sale.

Lisa was born and raised on a general crop and livestock farm in Northeast Kansas. Black baldy cows and an Angus bull were the genetic base, and all calves were fed out in addition to the 150-200 purchased calves each year. In the late '70's, her father bought his first Simmental bull to use on the black baldy cowherd. Weaning weights were tremendous, and the Simmental influence was there to stay.

The Mosers spent four years farming and ranching in southwest North Dakota with Harry's parents. In 1986, an opportunity presented itself to manage a large ranch in northeast Kansas, so they packed up their 75 registered Simmental cows, two horses, and son Cameron and moved to Soldier, Kansas. From 1986 to 1994, they managed the 2700 acre Limestone Springs Ranch, running approximately 250 head of commercial cows as well as developing their Simmental program and customer base.

On February 4, 1994, one day after their second bull sale, the Mosers moved to the spot they now call home, approximately 40 miles northeast of Manhattan to a farm near Wheaton, Kansas. What started in 1994 as a 400-acre place with no corrals or cattle working facilities, has grown into a ranch headquarters with nearly 4000 acres of owned and leased grass and 1000 acres of farmland. AI has been used extensively since 1980, and the ET program was started in 1991, while the Mosers were still at the Limestone Springs Ranch.  Customer cooperator herds are used in the embryo transfer process to allow the Moser Ranch to wean additional ET calves each year.  

Focused on supplying various breeds of cattle to their customer base to take advantage of hybrid vigor, their Angus program began with the purchase of what was felt to be the perfect Angus female, from the stand points of phenotype, proven genetic lines, and performance. She was purchased from the record-setting Fink Beef Genetics Female Sale in November, 1993. 

In the spring of 1996, yet another genetic decision was made when the Red Angus breed was introduced into the Moser operation. Embryos from what were felt to be the three best cows from the Pelton Red Angus & Simmental operation were purchased and planted in May 1996. See the "Females" page of our website for more information on pedigrees in our Angus and Red Angus programs.

The Moser children play a vital role in the day-to-day activities of the Moser Ranch, making this truly a family affair.